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Mary Vance

Mary Vance, Nutrition Consultant
Clary Sage Organics
San Francisco, CA
www.maryvancenc.com


“My education at Bauman College was the perfect background to prepare me for the work I'm currently doing with doctors, chiropractors, and other practitioners."


I graduated from Bauman College in June, 2006. While I had no official training in nutrition or holistic health at that point, I had spent the 15 years prior studying nutrition, diet, women's health, and natural medicine. I read Andrew Weil, Julia Ross, Joseph Mercola, and Phyllis Balch, all of who inspired me to eat and live healthy. Eventually, I began spreading the word and helping my friends and family improve their diets, and they all said "You should be a nutritionist!" I was thrilled to find Bauman's holistic nutrition program, which complemented my interests in holistic health.

I remember thinking on my way to the first class that I would probably know a lot of what was covered in the first year Nutrition Educator program. My hubris quickly faded when I received the course materials and saw how extensive the curriculum was. It was so thorough and thoughtfully designed. Coupled with the instructors' deep knowledge of all the topics we covered, I received a top-notch education. When I attend seminars, I'm always pleasantly surprised when the Bauman grads in the group know more about nutrition and the body systems than many of the doctors!

Each and every class was so inspiring. I would leave excited to try out new recipes and menu plans on family, my friends, and myself. Bauman teaches not only nutrition education, but also focuses on one's lifestyle and emotional well-being. I learned that by helping people, we in turn touch so many other lives. When our clients feel better, they are more productive and make positive contributions to the world. I have made lasting friendships and connections from my classes that have changed my life in so many positive ways.

In my private practice, I work with women. I design nutrition and lifestyle protocols for hormone balance, adrenal fatigue, digestive wellness, and weight loss. I work with all areas of a client's life: diet, lifestyle, exercise, stress relief.

My education and the connections I made helped me land a wonderful job that has taught me so much in my own practice to complement my Bauman training. I began working with Dr Daniel Kalish (www.drkalish.com) in early 2007. He specializes in designing natural health solutions for hormone imbalances, fatigue, weight loss and digestive problems. I designed a six-month functional medicine clinical training program for him that teaches practitioners to design lab-based nutritional programs to help a wide variety of patients overcome health problems and achieve optimum well-being. The course has become so successful that we have partnered with Dr Mercola, who is using the model we teach in his clinic with his patients. I also assisted in designing Dr Kalish's new line of natural supplements. He has been a wonderful mentor, and I have learned so much about developing the focus of my own practice from him.

I have now partnered with Dr Kalish and his wife in opening a wellness boutique called Clary Sage Organics in San Francisco. The store sells organic active wear and is also a nutrition and wellness clinic. I wrote most of the material for the wellness portion of the website (www.clarysageorganics.com) and helped design the nutrition consultation program and the supplement line. I'll begin seeing clients in the store in July 2008. I am so grateful that I have been offered such great opportunities and have worked with such wonderful people since graduating from Bauman.

I also write regular feature articles on health and nutrition for Terrain Magazine. My article on soy (I interviewed Ed Bauman for the piece!) was reprinted in the July/August 2007 issue of Utne Reader, on AlterNet.org, and digg.com. I've also penned articles on mercury toxicity and herbal medicine.
 
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